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Lost Soldiers

by James Webb

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Brandon Condley survived five years of combat in Vietnam as a marine only to lose the woman he loved to an enemy assassin. Now he is back, and working to recover the remains of unknown American soldiers. On a routine mission, Condley finds a body that doesn't match its dog tags - a body that propels him into a vortex of violence and intrigue where past and present become one. As the mystery of the dead man unravels, a link is revealed to two notorious assassins, 'Salt and Pepper', who led a deadly Viet Cong ambush against Condley's own men. Galvanized by a fresh trail to these long-lost deserters, Condley has finally found a purpose: under the auspices of his government job, he is going to hunt down the traitors. On his own, he is going to kill them. Condley's hunt cannot be kept secret from his former enemies, or his friends. And in the shadows that linger from Vietnam's long season of darkness and terror, he has no way of knowing which side is more dangerous.… (more)
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Brandon Condley är en före detta marinsoldat med oläkta minnen från striderna i Vietnams djungel. Han bär på sorgen över den kvinna han älskade som dödats av kommunisterna för sitt samröre med honom. Nu arbetar han med att leta upp försvunna amerikanska soldater, levande eller döda. Condley får i uppdrag att spåra en gammal Vietnamsoldat och desertör som gått över till fienden. Det visar sig att Condley har personliga skäl att finna mannen, som fortfarande är i livet och spåren leder honom till Australien, Moskva och slutligen Bangkok.
  CalleFriden | Feb 7, 2023 |
5312. Lost Soldiers, by James Webb (read 19 Sep 2015) Because I much liked Webb's Fields of Fire, which I read 5 Mar 2001, and his A Sense of Honor, read 20 Mar 2001, and his The Emperor's General, read 25 Jan 2004, and because I had a good talk with him this year when he came to Sioux City, I decided to read his 2001 novel, Lost Soldiers. It is laid in Vietnam long after the end of the war, when a Marine officer, Brandon Condley, is seeking to recover and identify an American buried in Vietnam, whose dog tags do not match the buried body. Condley seeks to locate and deal justice to an American deserter who killed two of the marines that Condrey had in his command. The scenes laid in Vietnam, Hawaii, and Thailand reek authenticity (so far as it appeared to me). The story builds to an exciting and unexpected satisfactory climax. ( )
  Schmerguls | Sep 19, 2015 |
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Brandon Condley survived five years of combat in Vietnam as a marine only to lose the woman he loved to an enemy assassin. Now he is back, and working to recover the remains of unknown American soldiers. On a routine mission, Condley finds a body that doesn't match its dog tags - a body that propels him into a vortex of violence and intrigue where past and present become one. As the mystery of the dead man unravels, a link is revealed to two notorious assassins, 'Salt and Pepper', who led a deadly Viet Cong ambush against Condley's own men. Galvanized by a fresh trail to these long-lost deserters, Condley has finally found a purpose: under the auspices of his government job, he is going to hunt down the traitors. On his own, he is going to kill them. Condley's hunt cannot be kept secret from his former enemies, or his friends. And in the shadows that linger from Vietnam's long season of darkness and terror, he has no way of knowing which side is more dangerous.

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